In Echoes of Success, Ian Stuart Kelly uses new information about late Victorian Scottish Highland battalions to provide new insights into how groups identify themselves, and pass that sense on to successive generations of soldiers.
Kelly applies concepts from organisational theory (the study of how organisations function) to demonstrate how soldiers' experiences create a 'blueprint' of expected behaviours and thought patterns that contribute to their battalion's continued success. This model manages the interplay between public perception and actual life experiences more effectively than current approaches to understanding identity. Also, Kelly's primary research offers a more certain description of soldiers' life, faith, education, and discipline than has previously been available.
- ISBN10 9004294422
- ISBN13 9789004294424
- Publish Date 31 March 2015
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 14 April 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Brill
- Format eBook
- Pages 272
- Language English